Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-12-03
stand. All listened, and Peter Car

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sneer on his thick, ugly lips.
Il told my story thus;
ION the evening | had the words
with old Monsieur Bazine, had a
big stick in my hand, the one shown
here today I did loiter about the
house, not very near, for an hour or
more after leaving the doorstep. |
hoped to see Jean. I started in des-
peration, at last, to again knock at
the door. When | reached Che fence
| thought what a fool / was, and
stopped. The dog came to ne, |
threw my club at him, then walked
away and went to my home. | didn't
sleep much, and early next morning
won't to q point on High Rocks
with my fathers spy glass and lay
there looking for Jean to come out and
milk the cows. / wanted to go and
make up. | could see all the Bazine
farm and the lake from where | was,
being so high, and the spy-glass
made things pretty clear to me. |
didn't see Jean, but / did see some
things that / thought nothing of
then, but can understand now.
"If what you saw has anything to
do with this case, you can state it,
said the Judge.
II turned my eyes full on Peter
Carter as he sat facing me. His
brown face was dirty white, his
hands trembled !; there was no sheer
on his lips now. He tried hard to
face me and couldn't.
LAS | lay on the rock said l.,
with my eye to the glass, about
quarter after 5 o'clock, | see Peter
Carter coming up the road from Mil
Ter Davis's house When he reached
MS uncle's he opened window in
the side and jumped in. In about
five minutes he came out of the door,
looked around, picked up stick,
which must have been the one |
threw over and saw again today. lie
stood with it, netting it, for q little
time, then went into the house. 1t
was full twenty minutes, l guess, be-
fore I see him come cut with big
bag or burden on his back, and this
he carried down to Bazine's boat in
the lake, that was tied to tree. He
put this load in the boat, went back
to the house and came out with
another sack or bundle, and carried 1t
likewise to the boat then he got in,
stood up and soulled the boat into
the middle of the lake, where he hurg
the load overheard. Then he came
back, went into the house, and in ten
| minutes or SO was out again with q
third, but smaller bundle. He laid
this down near the fence. went of
| and got spade, dug like fury until
he made a hole, and in it hid the
bag. Then he filled the dirt, tramp
ed it down, and seemed to scatter
| rubbish over it. By this time had
| concluded Jean was not about. |
had heard So much about Bazines
| queer ways of doing that thought
little or nothing of Peter Carriers
action. | have told the truth as God
is to be my judge. never harmed
| that old man or woman, nor saw
them after that evening. The man
who killed the two sits there, and his
name is Peter Carterp
During all my story Carter had
shown symptoms of terror and de-
sire to rush from the courtroom.
These evidences had an effect upon
those present, but my story was so
unexpected that none could believe
it yet
| Directly stopped my lawyer
bounced in,
"'May it please the court, he
said, 'it is known that Mr.. Bazine
had two large, very prominent front
teeth that they were filed with gold
that was very conspicuous. 1t is a.
| so known that old Mrs. Bazine, short
lily after she came here, fell and frac-